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19th Amendment Ratified
The 19th Amendment gave female citizens to the right to vote, not mattering what sex they are. Harriot Stanton Blatch introduced parades, pickets, and marches to draw attention to this cause. This helped the 19th Amendment get ratified. -
Harding wins Presidential Election
Warren G. Harding was a Republican that won the 1920 Presidential Election. He won 60% of the popular vote and 75% of the electoral vote. He ran against Democrat James Cox and Socialist Eugene Debs. -
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested and accused of armed-robbery on a shoe factory, during which two people were killed. This trial lasted nearly seven weeks. On July 14 of 1921, Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty. A lot of people believe that they were only convicted because of their immigrant backgrounds and radical beliefs. -
Teapot Dome Scandal begins.
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery scandal. It began when the Secretary if Interior leases the Teapot Oil Reserves in Wyoming. Albert Bacon Fall secretly granted the oil to the Mammoth Oil company. -
Time Magazine is published for the first time.
The first issue of Time Magazine was only 32 pages, including the front and back covers. It lacked the normal red border we are use to seeing. There are only a few illustrations in the first issue. -
Warren G. Harding dies.
The President dies in San Francisco of apparent heart failure. Calvin Coolidge takes over as President. -
The first Winter Olympic Games are held.
The first Winter Olympic Games are held in the French Alps in Chamonix, France. Sixteen nations send athletes to participate. The United States won four medals. Norway held four gold and eighteen medals in total, they had the most in all categories. -
Calvin Coolidge wins his first election.
Calvin Coolidge wins his first election as president, letting the White House remain Republican once again. John W. Davis ran for Democratic Party, and Robert M. La Follette ran as a Progressive Party Candidate. -
The Great Gatsby is published
The Great Gatsby is a 1920's novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It told about the 1920's as "The Jazz Age." It's a very well written book, and was turned into a movie later on. -
Scopes Trial Begins
A school teacher, John Thomas Scopes, was charged with violating the Butler Act by teaching the theory of evolution to his classes. The Butler act forbided the teaching of any theory that denied the bible story of Creationism. -
The first flight to the North Pole and back
Floyd Bennett and Richard Evelyn Byrd guided a three engine monoplane to the North Pole and back. It took them 15 hours and 30 minutes to complete this. They were awarded the Medal of Honor for this. -
The television is invented!
American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth has the first success with inventing the television. That inventor was only 21! -
The Jazz Singer debuts!
The Jazz Singer was the first motion picture movie with sound. It was made with a Vitaphone. At the time that was the leading brand of sound-on technology. -
Mickey and Minnie Mouses first film
Their debut was in a film Plane Crazy. This film was directed by Walt Disney. -
Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean
She was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. It took her nearly 15 hours to do this. -
Herbert Hoover wins the election of 1928
Wins election of 1928. He had an electoral college victory, 444 to 87. He ran against Democrat, Alfred E. Smith. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
In Chicago, gangsters that were working for Al Capone killed seven rivals and citizens. The seven people were part of the Northside Gang. -
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Stock prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931. It was an estimated 50 billion dollars. It was one of the causes of the Great Depression.
